Alarmed by the harsh attacks and negative tone of their presidential contest, broad majorities of Republican primary voters view their party as divided and a source of embarrassment and think that the campaign is more negative than in the past, according to a New York Times/CBS News national poll released […] Read more »
CBS/NYT poll: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton viewed unfavorably by majority
More than half of the states have held a primary or caucus, and registered voters nationwide now hold negative opinions of the political parties’ current frontrunners. More than half of voters have unfavorable views of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump; each has a net negative rating in the double-digits. CONT. […] Read more »
CNN/ORC poll: Trump, Clinton remain on top
Donald Trump continues to be the top choice of Republican voters in the race for their party’s nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll finds little appetite for replacing the delegate leader and front-runner with another candidate at the convention or through a third-party run, but most of […] Read more »
How Donald Trump Can Fall Short of His Delegate Target
Donald Trump is about 550 delegates short of earning the 1,237 delegates necessary to win the Republican nomination. If he keeps winning at the pace he has so far, he will probably take around 60 percent of the remaining 900 or so pledged delegates, reaching his target. But Mr. Trump’s […] Read more »
The Trump Train Rolls Forward
Despite a concerted effort by many in the GOP to derail him, Donald Trump remains on track to capture the nomination. That’s not to say that the track is entirely clear. Kasich’s success in Ohio was a blow to Trump’s “inevitability” storyline. And, despite his wins, he’s failed to carry […] Read more »
Titanic Tuesday: Trump Leads but Doesn’t Finish the Job
Donald Trump could have generated unstoppable momentum had he won both Ohio and Florida. But now it’s clear to everyone that this will go right through June 7, the end of the Republican primary season. Most observers appear to think that the Republicans are headed for a contested convention now, […] Read more »